GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh vs GTX 560 Ti

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking517not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.73no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGF114TU106B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date25 January 2011 (13 years ago)29 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3841920
Core clock speed822 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1200 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rate52.67144.0
Floating-point processing power1.263 gflops4.608 gflops
ROPs3248
TMUs64120

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed2004 MHz10824 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.3 GB/s259.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMINo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.140
CUDA2.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 January 2011 29 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 115 Watt

RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh has an age advantage of 8 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 47.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 560 Ti and GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
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